Batesville was the 52-47 winner over South Ripley when they last played one another back in January, but their luck changed this time around. The Batesville Bulldogs took a 78-74 hit to the loss column at the hands of the South Ripley Raiders. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (60), the Bulldogs still had to take the loss.
| 12/23/24 vs South Ripley | 8 |
| 12/08/23 @ Lawrenceburg | 7 |
| 02/10/24 vs East Central | 6 |
| 12/14/23 vs Milan | 5 |
| 02/28/24 vs South Dearborn | 4 |
Batesville lost on Monday despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Cade Kaiser, who went 6 for 15 on his way to 14 points in addition to eight assists and seven boards. The dominant performance gave Kaiser a new career-high in assists. The team also got some help courtesy of James Hughes, who went 6 of 7 on his way to 13 points.
Kaiser wasn't the only one working in the assists department: Batesville was working as a unit and finished the game with 20 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Batesville's loss dropped their record down to 3-3. As for South Ripley, the victory keeps them at an undefeated 8-0.
Batesville will have a little extra prep time after the defeat as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on Greensburg at 7:30 p.m. on January 16, 2025. South Ripley and Orleans will round out the year against one another at at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday. South Ripley has been dominant on offense recently, having racked up an incredible 231 points over their last three games.
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